.ZeeshanAleem: Beneath the chaos, there's a method to Elon Musk's Twitter madness.
making blue verification badges far more widely available, centrist and liberal-leaning media, which tends to be increasingly skeptical of Musk and many of the political issues he's increasingly committed to, will have less influence in their ability to set narratives. In the process, Musk is not only aiming to defang criticism of his work and his political project, but also obliterating one of the most sophisticated and least intrusive ways to mitigate the spread of disinformation online.
This was a striking move for the new executive of a social media company promising to champion freedom of speech. Of course Musk is permitted to express his views, but his instant partisan intervention also raised questions of whether he'd exploit his power over Twitter's algorithms and policies to favor political movements that he sympathizes with or finds more personally profitable.
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